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Newspaper
Linton Daily Citizen
Location
Linton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1963
Page
4
In a note from the office we learn Raney captured a fox and kept it preserved for potential use on a coat collar. Larry’s dog may need rabies watch, while civil defense plans are urged with a local resident poised to direct such efforts.
Bitter cold hit the Midwest with sub zero readings in Chicago and near freezing down to the Gulf Coast. Snow halted travel and closures affected roads and schools while work to lay a 2.7 mile river water line to Spencer Ohio continued amid drought threats.
Indiana Department of Conservation will examine an 1800 acre land expansion at no cost to the state. The plan shifts 687 acres from Madison State Hospital to Clifty Falls State Park doubling its size and creates a 1135 acre fish and game area from Muscatatuck State School land in Jennings County. A hearing on drilling for oil on state property will also be held.
The Linton Civic Garden Club announced the annual Christmas lighting contest winners. Jaycees judged the decorations. eight winners were named for individual displays at various addresses. Three overall home decorations ribbons went to Lester LaDuke Dick Jones and Bob Gillan.
William Michael the Jasonville Trustee announced commodities will be distributed on December 24 beginning at 9 a.m. at the Trustee's office in Jasonville.
Federal Judge H H Grooms orders Gadsden to draw non racial student transfer rules by September. Negroes file suit seeking full desegregation in Huntsville and Madison County. Birmingham Mobile Huntsville and Tuskegee schools already desegregated by court order.
Elliston's Noble Lan reports the low reached minus thirteen the coldest so far this season at the main Greene County station. Readings across Linton varied from minus twelve to minus ten as a sequence of escalating cold began Saturday and continued through Thursday with a slight morning warming trend.
Irenee du Pont, 86, the last of the three Du Pont brothers to lead E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., died at his Gra-nonge home near Wilmington after a long illness. The elder du Pont had served as president, then chairman, and retired as honorary chairman in 1954 and 1959.
A cellmate recounts two failed kidnapping attempts on Frank Sinatra Jr and claims Barry Keenan and Joseph Amis er aided in the Lake Tahoe abduction scene while John Irwin says he stayed in Los Angeles. The trio allegedly coordinated the plan, with Irwin claiming calls to Frank Sinatra Sr were made by him.
Indiana Aeronautics Commission Director James McManus will draft a proposal for a local-state coordinating group to present a unified aviation program. Nine Hoosier cities urged action after a meeting on possible federal measures risking Richmond and Columbus airline service.
The Linton Aerie No. 578 of Eagle celebrates its 60th anniversary with meetings at the lodge hall Friday to Sunday. Saturday is guest day. A cornbread and bean dinner is planned Sunday at noon, door prize at 3 p.m., and a Santa Claus visit around 4 p.m. Families are urged to attend.
Dugger Lodge No. 721 F and A M plans a Feast of St John the Evangelist at 6 30 p m Friday. The Masonic hall in Dugger will host a feast and table lodge and all Masons are invited to attend.
The U S Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit upheld a Knoxville lower court ruling granting Phillips Brothers Coal Co of Pioneer Tennessee $325 000 after a jury found a conspiracy by the United Mine Workers and large coal firms to drive small operators out of business The decision could affect coal fields in Tennessee Kentucky West Virginia Pennsylvania and other states involved in union welfare fund contracts and antitrust issues
U S Department of Agriculture lists Indiana leading the nation in corn yield at 87 bushels per acre in 1963. Indiana total production is estimated at 403.8 million bushels, ranking behind Iowa and Illinois. Indiana wheat 54.5 million bushels moves state to eighth in wheat.
The Indiana Parole Board and Governor Welsh denied clemency to five inmates including Joe Allen of Marion County for the ice pick killing of his common law wife Darleana Ross from 1945. Lee Russell of Shelby County faced rape attempt charges from 1936. Raymond Cozad of Marion County was convicted in 1944 for his wife’s slaying. Reinhart Gallmeyer of Morgan County was convicted in 1935 for injuring a housewife during an attempted robbery. James Hicks of Greene County was convicted in 1949 for rape.
The Senate voted 55 to 28 against trimming 80 million dollars from the 3.3 billion foreign aid measure. Sen. Morse argued the funding supports allied troops in Taiwan mosa and Korea, while opponents said a cut harms justified aid. Final passage remains to be decided after House Senate conference.
More than 2,000 Studebaker workers join unemployment lines as all automobile production shifts to Hamilton Ontario. About 2,700 kept to support the Canadian operation with gradual cuts to 1,700 next year. Officials cite improved odds for the division’s future aided by favorable exchange rates and lower costs in Canada.
Hurschel Corbin 84, longtime Greene County auditor and former state conservation official, died at his home in Bloomfield. Born April 2 1879 in Martin County, he served as teacher and held civic roles. Survived by wife Glydia L. Corbin and extensive family. Funeral at 2 p.m. Saturday at Jenkins Funeral Home, Rev. M B McClure officiating. burial Grandview Cemetery.
Donald Miller and James Wood, both from Indianapolis, received 20 year federal prison terms for the October 5 robbery of the American Fletcher National Bank branch. They allegedly took $4,139 and were captured shortly after the holdup by federal authorities.
Hollywood star Bob Hope did not board a jet transport bound for the Mediterranean to entertain U S troops. A spokesman said the comedian was packed to leave last night but his physician ordered two more days of rest. Plans set to rejoin his troupe in three days. A separate report from Bismarck North Dakota noted a large jet crash about 11 a m CST southwest of the city with wreckage over a half mile. officials could not yet determine if the craft was civilian or military and casualty numbers were unknown.
The Linton Kiwanis club voted to provide cash to the Linton Stockton School nurse for purchasing clothing for needy children. The amount will be set by the nurse with Kiwanis approval. The club plans breakfast meetings at the Roosevelt hotel on December 23 and 30 at 7 30 am and cancels the next two Tuesday night meetings.
The aerosol industry mourns the bouf fant hair trend and the rise of electric shavers as it pins hopes on spray-on medicine peanut butter and sausage products per Chemical Week.
Tass reports Cosmos 24 launched aboard an unmanned satellite with scientific instruments and a radio telemetering system. It completed its first earth orbit in 90.5 minutes with apogee 408 kilometers and perigee 211 kilometers.
All members of the American Legion at Linton are asked to meet at the American Legion home at 1 p.m. Saturday for Ora Rooksberry's funeral.
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